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United  States  Department  df  Agriculture; 


BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


S.  DEPOSITORY 


Amendment  No.  5  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  137  (Regulations  Governing-  the  Meat 
Inspection  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture). 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  INTERSTATE  TRANSPORTATION  OF 
INSPECTED  AND  PAST  MEATS  AND  MEAT-FOOD  PRODUCTS  WHICH 
ARE  ALLEGED  TO  BE  OR  HATE  BECOME  UNFIT  FOR  FOOD,  AND 
RESTRICTING  THEIR  ADMISSION  INTO  ESTABLISHMENTS  WHERE 
INSPECTION  IS  MAINTAINED. 

U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  D.  C,  November  15,  1906. 

For  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  use  in  interstate  commerce  of 
inspected  and  past  meat  and  meat-food  products  which  after  inspection 
have  become  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human 
food,  under  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  30,  1906  (34  Stat., 
674),  the  following  regulation  is  hereby  prescribed  for  the  transporta- 
tion in  interstate  commerce  of  the  said  meat  and  meat-food  products 
of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  goats. 

This  regulation,  which  for  the  purpose  of  identification  is  designated 
as  Amendment  No.  5  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  137,  shall  become  effective 
on  and  after  December  1,  1906. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


Regulation  61.  Meats  and  meat-food  products  which  have  been 
inspected  and  past  and  so  marked,  and  which  have  been  transported 
from  the  establishments  at  which  they  were  prepared  into  the  channels 
of  trade,  and  which  are  alleged  or  known  to  have  become  unsound, 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  may  be  transported 
in  interstate  commerce  under  the  following  restrictions : 

(1)  Inspected  and  marked  meat  or  meat-food  product  which  is 
alleged  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  food  may 
be  shipped  by  the  owner  thereof  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  to  any  establishment  at  which  inspection  is  maintained 
in  the  same  or  a   different   State   or  Territory,  if  a  written  permit  in 


duplicate  for  such  shipment  be  first  had  and  obtained  from  the  Chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  In  all  such  shipments  both  the 
original  and  duplicate  copies  of  the  permits  shall  be  surrendered  to  the 
carrier  accepting  the  meat  or  meat-food  product.  Avho  shall  require  the 
shipper  to  furnish  three  copies  of  the  form  of  certificate  hereinafter  given. 
One  of  these  certificates  and  the  duplicate  copy  of  the  permit  shall  be 
retained  by  the  carrier ;  another  copy  of  the  certificate,  together  with 
original  permit,  shall  be  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C;  and  the  third  copy  shall  be 
addrest  and  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry 
inspector  in  charge  at  the  point  to  which  the  shipment  is  consigned. 
Upon  the  arrival  of  the  shipment  at  the  establishment  where  inspection 
is  maintained  the  inspector  in  charge  shall  cause  a  careful  inspection 
to  be  made  of  the  shipment,  to  determine  whether  or  not  it  is  unsound, 
unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  food.  Should  the  meat  or  meat- 
food  product  contained  in  the  shipment  prove  to  be  unsound,  unwhole- 
some, or  otherwise  unfit  for  food,  it  shall  at  once  be  stamped  "  U.  S. 
Inspected  and  Condemned  "  and  be  immediately  tanked  or  removed  to 
the  condemned  room.  If  the  meat  or  meat-food  product  contained  in 
the  shipment  shall  prove  to  be  sound,  wholesome,  and  fit  for  food,  the 
inspector  shall  allow  the  meat  or  meat-food  product  to  enter  the 
establishment. 

(2)  Inspected  and  marked  meat  or  meat-food  product  which  is 
alleged  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food 
may  be  shipped  by  the  owner  thereof  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  to  any  jobber,  wholesaler,  or  other  dealer  from 
whom  the  said  meat  or  meat-food  product  was  purchased,  if  a  written 
permit,  in  duplicate,  for  such  shipment  be  first  had  and  obtained  from 
the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  In  all  such  shipments  both 
the  original  and  duplicate  copies  of  the  permits  shall  be  surrendered  to 
the  carrier  accepting  the  meat  or  meat-food  product,  who  shall  require  the 
shipper  to  furnish  two  copies  of  the  form  of  certificate  hereinafter  given. 
One  of  these  certificates  and  the  duplicate  copy  of  the  permit  shall  be 
retained  by  the  carrier,  and  the  other  copy  of  the  certificate,  together 
with  the  original  permit,  shall  be  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  Chief  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C.  If  the  meat  or 
meat-food  product  which  is  shipped  under  this  regulation  proves  to  be 
unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  it  may  not 
be  reshipped  in  interstate  commerce  as  a  food  product.  Attention  is 
directed  to  the  meat-inspection  law,  which  provides  a  penalty  of  a  fine 
of  $10,000  and  imprisonment  for  two  years  for  any  person  who  ships  for 
human  consumption  in  interstate  or  foreign  trade  any  meat  or  meat- 
food  product  which  is  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
human  food. 

(3)  Inspected  and  marked  meat  or  meat-food  product  which  is  known 


to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food  maj' be 
shipped  by  the  owner  thereof  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
for  use  in  the  arts,  such  as  the  shipment  of  lard  which  has  become  unfit 
for  food  to  a  soap  factory  for  use  in  making  soap.  No  such  shipment 
shall  be  made  unless  and  until  a  written  permit,  in  duplicate,  shall  be 
first  had  and  obtained  from  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus- 
try. In  all  such  shipments  both  the  original  and  duplicate  copies  of 
the  permits  shall  be  surrendered  to  the  carrier  accepting  the  meat  or 
meat-food  product,  who  shall  require  the  shipper  to  furnish  two  copies 
of  the  form  of  certificate  hereinafter  given.  One  of  these  certificates  and 
the  duplicate  copy  of  the  permit  shall  be  retained  by  the  carrier,  and 
the  other  copy  of  the.  certificate,  together  with  the  original  permit,  shall 
be  mailed  by  the  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
Washington,  D.  C.  In  addition  to  the  above  requirements,  no  such 
shipment  shall  be  accepted  by  any  carrier  nnless  and  until  the  meat  or 
meat-food  product  which  is  known  to  be  unsound,  unwholesome,  or 
otherwise  unfit  for  food  shall  have  been  denatured  or  otherwise  ren- 
dered unavailable  for  food  purposes  under  the  supervision  of  an  employee 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  The  carrier  shall  also  require  the 
shipper  to  certify  that  the  meat  or  meat-food  product  has  been  so  dena- 
tured or  otherwise  rendered  unavailable  for  food  purposes.  The  written 
certificate  of  the  shipper  that  the  meat  or  meat-food  product  has  been 
denatured  shall  be  forwarded  by  the  carrier  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry  with  the  original  permit  and  the  shipping  certificate. 
(4)  The  certificate  required  by  this  regulation  shall  be  in  the  follow- 
ing form  and  shall  in  all  cases  show  a  description  and  the  weight  of  the 
meat  or  meat-food  product : 

Date ,  190 

Name  of  carrier  to  which  offered 

Shipper 

Consignee 

Point  of  shipment 

Destination 

Car  number  and  initial 

The   following-described  meats   or  meat-food  products  have  been  inspected 
and  past  according  to  act  of  Congress  of  June  30,  1906,  and  are  so  marked. 

^   *s     1  known  I    ^a*  t^ie  sa^  meat  or  meat-food  products  are  unsound,  un- 
wholesome, and  unfit  for  food. 

Description  and  Weight  of  Shipment. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 


UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA 


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(5)  In  shipments  of  meat  and  meat-food  products  which  are  known 
to  he  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise  unfit  for  human  food,  and 
which  therefore  require  an  additional  certificate  of  denaturing,  it  is  sug- 
gested that  the  following  form  of  certificate  be  used : 

,  of  the  city  of and  State 

of ,  hereby  certifies  that  the  following-described 

inspected  and   marked   meat  or    meat-food    product    has    been    denatured    or 
otherwise  rendered   unavailable    for    food    purposes  under  the  supervision  of 

,  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 

and  is  offered  to  the for  transportation  from 

,  in  the  State  of ,  to  , 

in  the  State  of 


Description  of  Meat. 


(Signature  of  shipper.) 

,  190 


(6)  On  all  shipments  made  under  Regulation  61  the  waybills,  trans- 
fer bills,  running  slips,  or  conductor's  cards  accompanying  the  said 
shipment  of  meat  or  meat-food  products  must  have  embodied  in, 
stamped  upon,  or  attached  to  the  same  a  certificate  in  the  following 
form  by  the  issuing  railroad  company : 

(Name  of  railroad  company.) 
IT.  S.  inspected  and    past  and  alleged  unsound,  unwholesome,  or  otherwise 
unfit  for  food,  as  evidenced  by  shipper's  certificate  on  file  with  initial  carrier. 
(Signed)  ,  Agent. 

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